Creating new Products through Web Service

[Former Member]

Hi,
We have a requirement to Configure a new Product in CPQ Application and send this to Hybris Commerce Application. I have followed the following Steps. 1) Created a Custom Web Service to create a product with Item Attributes. 2) Create a Hot folder Configuration for Updating the Product Media.

First I would call Create Product Web Service to create a new Product in Hybris Commerce. Second, I would send product Media to Hot-folder listening folder through FTP, to bind the media with products. Third, I would call the Product Catalog Syn Cronjob to do Synchronization.

Please let know whether my approach is correct. Also am I missing any steps.

thanks,
Vinod.

[Former Member]

Hi ,

Thanks for your reply. I send Product attributes through Secured Web Service only. As you said I follow OAuth2.0. But What about Product Images, how to send it. So I thought we could SFTP to Hot-folder in Hybris and bind to the products. Please let know if I am correct.

thanks Vinod.

[VinayKumarS]

Hi Vinod,

I see your approach is not wrong. But instead of hot folder. Better you implement a webservice. So that the CPQ application can post the feed to your webservice and you can process it. Tomorrow these webservices can be extended for any other integration. Also the latest hybris webservices supports for oauth2.0. So it is secured and better than the hot folder. you can also avoid challenges of the hot folder.

[Former Member]

Hi ,

Thanks for your reply. I send Product attributes through Secured Web Service only. As you said I follow OAuth2.0. But What about Product Images, how to send it. So I thought we could SFTP to Hot-folder in Hybris and bind to the products. Please let know if I am correct.

thanks Vinod.

[VinayKumarS]

images also you are planning to do with hot folder.??

[Former Member]

Only Images through hot folder. Others through Web Service. Attributes I will pass as JASON Object from CPQ to Hybris as part of Post Method.

[VinayKumarS]

yes for the images and all if you planning then may be hot folder looks fine. But if you are using any external application like mediabank or azurecloud for images then its better to follow the above said approach. In such instances just you pass the image url not the actual images.